Asus E2938- Manual

Asus E2938

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – ii
  • Page 3 – iii; Contents; Commando specifications summary; Product introduction
  • Page 4 – iv; Powering up; Starting up for the first time; BIOS setup
  • Page 5 – Software support
  • Page 6 – RAID configurations; CPU features; Intel
  • Page 7 – vii; Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; may cause undesired operation.; Canadian Department of Communications Statement; could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
  • Page 8 – viii; Safety information; Electrical safety; regulations for disposal of electronic products.
  • Page 9 – ix; About this guide; How this guide is organized
  • Page 10 – Command
  • Page 13 – Accessories
  • Page 14 – xiv
  • Page 15 – This chapter describes the motherboard
  • Page 16 – ASUS Commando; Chapter summary
  • Page 17 – Package contents
  • Page 18 – Chapter 1: Product Introduction; Special features; Product highlights; Republic of Gamers
  • Page 19 – Serial ATA interfaces and the Intel; RAID solution; The Intel; S/PDIF digital sound ready
  • Page 20 – Unique features; Fanless Design; Ethernet cable(s) connected to the Marvell; Extreme Tweaker; increment to achieve maximum system performance.; Optional fan
  • Page 21 – ASUS LCD Poster
  • Page 22 – Supreme FX features; video conference and recording.; Noise Filter; it in the incoming audio stream while recording.; DTS; sound format into a convincing multi-channel audio experience.; ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3; USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. See page 4-8 for details.; ASUS EZ Flash 2
  • Page 23 – This chapter lists the hardware setup
  • Page 25 – Before you proceed; or change any motherboard settings.; Onboard LED; COMMANDO Onboard LED
  • Page 26 – Chapter 2: Hardware information; Motherboard overview; ensure that the motherboard fits into it.; motherboard components.; Placement direction; chassis as indicated in the image below.; Screw holes
  • Page 27 – Motherboard layout; Refer to
  • Page 28 – Layout contents
  • Page 29 – Internal connectors; Clear CMOS switch
  • Page 30 – • Upon purchase of the motherboard, make sure that the PnP cap is on
  • Page 31 – Lift the load lever in the direction of; are installing a CPU.; Installing the CPU; and the load lever is on your left.; COMMANDO CPU Socket 775
  • Page 33 – Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
  • Page 34 – Push down two fasteners at a time in; can occur if you fail to plug this connector.; COMMANDO CPU fan connector
  • Page 35 – Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
  • Page 37 – Installing the optional fan; fan and motherboard components.
  • Page 38 – System memory; Overview; Channel; Channel A; COMMANDO 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
  • Page 39 – Memory configurations; DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.
  • Page 40 – Commando Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL)
  • Page 44 – Expansion slots; describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.; Installing an expansion card; it and make the necessary hardware settings for the card.; Configuring an expansion card; Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup.; inoperable. Refer to the table on the next page for details.
  • Page 45 – Interrupt assignments; IRQ assignments for this motherboard; IRQ; * These IRQs are usually available for PCI devices.
  • Page 46 – PCI slots; below for the location of the slots.
  • Page 47 – COMMANDO Clear RTC RAM; Jumper; CMOS RTC RAM data. The onboard clr CMOS switch helps you easily to; button and again to release it.; clr CMOS
  • Page 48 – Audio Card Installation
  • Page 49 – Connectors; Rear panel connectors; Description; LAN port LED indications
  • Page 51 – signal connector at the back of the floppy disk drive.; Drive jumper setting; COMMANDO Floppy disk drive connector
  • Page 52 – COMMANDO IDE connector; ICH8R Serial ATA connectors; , RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel; COMMANDO SATA connectors
  • Page 53 – COMMANDO USB 2.0 connectors; Serial ATA hard disk drive connection; right angle side; Connector
  • Page 54 – of the system chassis.; COMMANDO IEEE 1394 connector; the temperature sensors for a better cooling effect.; COMMANDO Thermal sersor cable connectors; The thermal sensor cable is purchased separately.
  • Page 55 – cable matches the ground pin of the connector.; not jumpers! Do not place jumper caps on the fan connectors!; COMMANDO Fan connectors
  • Page 56 – ATX power connectors; a jumper cap. Remove the jumper caps only when you intend to use the; • Use only either a 4-pin EATX12V or an 8-pin EPS +12V power plug for the; COMMANDO Chassis intrusion connector; CHASSIS; COMMANDO ATX power connectors; EATXPWR
  • Page 57 – Power supply requirements; Heavy Loading
  • Page 59 – read from or written to the HDD.; COMMANDO System panel connector
  • Page 61 – Onboard switches; change settings to enhance system performance.; Clear CMOS switch; hangs due to overclocking.; COMMANDO CMOS switch; COMMANDO Power on switch
  • Page 62 – Press the reset switch to reboot the system.; COMMANDO Reset switch
  • Page 63 – This chapter describes the power up
  • Page 65 – b. External SCSI devices (starting with the last device on the chain); BIOS Beep; AMI BIOS beep codes
  • Page 66 – Chapter 3: Powering up; Turning off the computer; Using the OS shut down function
  • Page 67 – This chapter tells how to change
  • Page 69 – Managing and updating your BIOS; ASUS Update; Installing ASUS Update; ASUS Update utility
  • Page 70 – Auto Select; Updating the BIOS through the Internet; Start
  • Page 71 – Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file; The ASUS Update utility is; Open
  • Page 72 – Chapter 4: BIOS setup; Creating a bootable floppy disk; format
  • Page 73 – ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility; Tools; menu to select; EZ Flash2; You can launch the EZ Flash 2 by two methods.; with; process and automatically reboots the system when done.
  • Page 74 – AFUDOS utility; corrupted during the updating process.; Copying the current BIOS; To copy the current BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:; the bootable floppy disk you created earlier.; 024KB free space to save the file.; Updating the BIOS file; the motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk.
  • Page 75 – filename at the DOS prompt.; completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive.; The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
  • Page 76 – ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility; or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file.; Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD; can cause system boot failure!; Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk
  • Page 77 – BIOS setup program; compatibility and stability. Select the; Load Default Settings; item under the
  • Page 78 – Menu bar; Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another.
  • Page 79 – Menu items
  • Page 80 – Main menu; you an overview of the basic system information.; Refer to section
  • Page 81 – N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
  • Page 82 – Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.; IDE Configuration
  • Page 83 – System Information; AMI BIOS
  • Page 84 – Extreme Tweaker menu; field values can cause the system to malfunction.; Manual; The following items become user-configurable when you set; AI Tuning; to
  • Page 85 – FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization; Front Side Bus; Over Voltage; This item is not configurable.
  • Page 86 – Allows you to select the front side bus termination voltage.
  • Page 87 – Allows you to select the SB chipset voltage.
  • Page 89 – Advanced menu
  • Page 90 – item then press to display the configuration options.
  • Page 91 – CPU Configuration; automatically detects.; The following item appears when the item; Modify Ratio Support; is set to; support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions.
  • Page 92 – Chipset; Allows you to enable or disable the Hyper Threading Technology.; North Bridge Chipset Configuration
  • Page 93 – OnBoard Devices Configuration; Allows you to disable or enable the onboard 1394 device support.
  • Page 94 – PCI PnP; configures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot.
  • Page 95 – Power menu; configuration options.
  • Page 96 – was before the AC power loss.
  • Page 97 – Allows you to enable or disable the CPU Q-Fan controller.; The; CPU Fan Profile; item appears when you enable the CPU Q-Fan Control
  • Page 98 – Allows you to enable or disable the chassis Q-Fan controller.; Chassis Fan Profile; item appears when you enable the Chassis Q-Fan; OPT Q-Fan and Temperature
  • Page 99 – optional fan control mode. When this item is set to; You need to connect the thermal sensor cables to the OPT_TEMP1/2/3; The Q-Fan detects the temperature of the fan connected to the OPT_
  • Page 100 – Boot menu; devices installed in the system.
  • Page 101 – BIOS performs all the POST items.; Set this item to [Enabled] to use the ASUS MyLogo3; Sets the display mode for option ROM.
  • Page 102 – Change Supervisor Password; Security; an item then press to display the configuration options.
  • Page 103 – change other security settings.; Change User Password; item shows Installed.
  • Page 104 – Clear User Password; Select this item to clear the user password.
  • Page 105 – Tools menu
  • Page 106 – This item allows you to store or load multiple BIOS settings.; Load from Profile 1/2; • This function can support devices such as USB flash disk or floppy
  • Page 107 – Exit menu; BIOS items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items.; save changes and exit.; Exit & Discard Changes; Time, and Password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting.; Discard Changes; YES to discard any changes and load the previously saved values.; Load Setup Defaults
  • Page 109 – This chapter describes the contents of
  • Page 111 – Installing an operating system; This motherboard supports Windows; Support DVD information; Running the support DVD; Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
  • Page 112 – Chapter 5: Software support; Drivers menu
  • Page 113 – Utilities menu; ASUS InstAll-Installation Wizard for Utilities
  • Page 114 – Make Disk menu; Make Intel ICH8 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk
  • Page 115 – ASUS Contact information; this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.; Manuals menu; open the folder of the user manual.; Adobe
  • Page 116 – Other information; specified information.; Motherboard Info; Displays the general specifications of the motherboard.; Browse this DVD; Displays the support DVD contents in graphical format.
  • Page 117 – Filelist; requesting technical support.
  • Page 118 – Software information; ASUS MyLogo3; Configuration
  • Page 120 – SoundMAX; requires Microsoft
  • Page 121 – Audio Setup Wizard
  • Page 122 – Jack configuration; Test; Adjust microphone volume
  • Page 123 – Audio preferences; Click the; General options; disable the AudioESP
  • Page 124 – Microphone options; Noise Filtering; The directional Array and Speaker Phone
  • Page 125 – ASUS PC Probe II; Installing PC Probe II; the; Utilities; Launching PC Probe II; Start > All Programs; Using PC Probe II
  • Page 126 – Button; Preferences
  • Page 127 – Hardware monitor panels
  • Page 128 – WMI browser
  • Page 129 – PCI browser
  • Page 130 – Configuring PC Probe II
  • Page 131 – ASUS AI Suite; Installing AI Suite; appears if your computer has an enabled Autorun feature.; AI Suite; Follow the screen instructions to complete installation.; Launching AI Suite; Click this icon to close or restore the application.; Using AI Suite; or click the Normal icon to restore the system to normal state.
  • Page 132 – Other feature buttons
  • Page 133 – Click the drop-down menu button and select; Disable; or; Click; Apply; at the bottom to save the configuration.
  • Page 135 – ASUS AI Nap; on the confirmation screen.; Yes; on; click the; icon on the OS taskbar, select; AI Nap; and click; Use power; . Unclick the the item to switch the function back.
  • Page 136 – ASUS AI Booster; WIndows
  • Page 137 – Profile
  • Page 138 – Creating a RAID driver disk
  • Page 139 – ICH8R Southbridge chip.; Setting the RAID item in BIOS; navigating through the BIOS Setup.; Installing Serial ATA hard disks
  • Page 140 – the menus and select the menu options.; may not exactly match the items on your screen.
  • Page 141 – completing your selection.
  • Page 142 – The default stripe size is 128 KB.; go back to the Create Volume menu.
  • Page 143 – back to Create Volume menu.
  • Page 146 – after completing your selection.
  • Page 147 – Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows; To create a RAID driver disk in Windows; Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.; Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
  • Page 149 – The Appendix describes the CPU features
  • Page 151 – Using the Intel; Enhanced Intel SpeedStep; System requirements
  • Page 152 – Appendix: CPU features; Using the EIST
  • Page 153 – Using the Hyper-Threading Technology; Pentium
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ii E2938First Edition V1 November 2006 Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by...

Page 3 - iii; Contents; Commando specifications summary; Product introduction

iii Contents Notices ........................................................................................................ viiSafety information .................................................................................... viiiAbout this guide .................................................

Page 4 - iv; Powering up; Starting up for the first time; BIOS setup

iv Contents 2.7 Audio Card Installation .............................................................. 2-24 2.8 Connectors ................................................................................. 2-25 2.8.1 Rear panel connectors .................................................. 2-25 2.8.2 ...

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